Date:	Tuesday 16 November 1937
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Fury Mk I
Owner/operator:	11 FTS RAF
Registration:	K2900
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
Destination airport:	RAF Tangmere
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Fury Mk.I K2900, 11 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/11/37 when hit ridge on landing at RAF Tangmere, Chichester, Sussex, and undercarriage collapsed. Struck off charge 3/1/38. Pilot was Cyril Gordon Terry Tucker #580216. This was his second accident in fortnight (he was also the pilot of K2039 on 2nd November 1937)

According to a contemporary local newspaper report: "Sunderland Daily Echo" - Tuesday 16 November 1937

"Pilot-Sergeant Tucker, the 19-year-old R.A.F. pilot who cruised round and round Tangmere (Sussex) aerodrome a fortnight ago before landing with a damaged undercarriage, crashed to-day in landing at the aerodrome. The undercarriage and propeller of the Hawker Fury single-seater fighter in which he had been exercising were smashed. Except for scratches and shock, the pilot was uninjured".

1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. Coventry Evening Telegraph 16 November 1937
3. Sunderland Daily Echo - Tuesday 16 November 1937
4. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=19533.0
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf

Hawker Fury Mk.1 K2900 when with 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere, in 1933

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Oct-2009 09:56	JINX	Added
08-Mar-2018 20:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
08-Mar-2018 20:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
02-Oct-2018 07:37	paulmcmillan	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2018 14:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
16-Jul-2022 20:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]